1. ISO 14001:2004 – Environmental
Management System
Protecting the environment & conserving natural resources has become a global priority
among businesses because environmentally conscious organization & customers prefer
to do business with like-minded partners. Demonstrating that your company cares about
the environment gives your company an edge over the competitors delivers value and
improves your company’s image, which in turn increases revenues.
Purpose of ISO 14001
Management of environmental issues for an organization considering the interested
parties concern is the main challenge of the business besides the reducing the direct &
indirect impact on environment. Achieving environmental performance with
improvement is demanded by the regulatory bodies, customers and other stack holders
due to increased concerned along with environmental compliance.
Certification to ISO 14001 demonstrates your company’s commitment to caring for
environment and provides a framework for an organization to manage its legal
compliance and improve environmental performance, including risk and opportunity
identification, analysis, target setting, and measurement. It also delivers significant cost
benefits in terms of increased efficiency, conserving resources and waste minimization.
Benefits of ISO 14001
Certification to ISO 14001 demonstrates to customers & society your organization’s
responsibility towards environmental friendly business practices with minimize or no
impact on the environment. The main key benefits are:
 Provide & enhanced customer confidence and satisfaction, which in turn can lead
to increased business opportunities.
 Facilitate reductions in pollution, waste, energy, injuries, and incidents.
 Better meet environmental legal compliance and corporate requirements.
 Provide a tool for environmental performance improvement and the means to
effectively monitor and measure environmental performance.
 Provide a well-defined and clear framework, which is also flexible to your own
business needs and expectations.
 A significant competitive advantage because customer companies require
management system certification from suppliers and sub-contractors in order to
conduct business with them.
More about ISO 14001

2. A certificate issued by third party registrar to demonstrates that your business system
has been certified against requirements of ISO 14001 requirements. Implementation of
ISO 14001 by setting up of internal processes gives confidence to customers & other
interested parties about the managing environmental issues with minimum impact on
the same.
ISO 14001 is an international standard for environmental management, applicable to
companies of all sizes and types; certification to ISO 14001 provides a dynamic
mechanism for the development of effective environmental management. Based on the
Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle, ISO 14001: 2004 specifies the most important requirements
to identify, control and monitor the environmental aspects of any organization, and also
how to manage and improve the whole system.
Features of ISO 14001
ISO 14001 is based on two concepts one is continual improvement & regulatory
compliance. It lays forth a best practice for proactive management of the environmental
impact of your organization and may be combined with certification to other
management system standards, e.g. ISO 9001 and OHSAS 18001.
ISO 14001 audits covers following:
 Policy statement (commitment of top management to improve environment)
 Assessment of aspects & its impact on the environment (evaluation of interaction
with the environment that how much we are damaging the environment))
 Legal & other requirements (ensuring compliance to the law of the land)
 Documented objectives & targets (continual improvement)
 Resources, Role, Responsibility & Authority (making responsible every one)
 Competence, awareness & training (ensures availability of right person)
 Communication (with Internal & external interested parties)
 Documentation, Control of documents & records (for ensuring compliance)
 Operational controls(established working conditions)
 Emergency preparedness & response (check your preparation if any harm to
environment)
 Performance measurement & monitoring (ensuring environmental parameters)
 Nonconformity, corrective & preventive action (provides mechanism for
improvement)
 Management review (ensuring organization system is complied)
Continual environmental improvement through ISO 14001
Environmental aspects and its impacts are identified by a team of experts and setting of
objective to reduce its significance by giving priority to achieve these through a frame
work of management programs which identify the resources & approach to achieve the

3. desired goal. Timely review of achieved objective & new process area will direct the
organization to set the next goal towards improvement.
Certification Process for ISO 14001
DQS Certification India appoints a competent & suitable auditor or team of auditors to
audit the organization against the standard & scope requested by the clients. Client has
to file an application seeking standard for which to be certified. Gap analysis may be
performed first to check readiness for the auditee organization which help organization
to improve upon. Routine surveillance audits are carried out to evaluate continual
improvement in the validity period. A re certification audit is performed after every three
years to maintain continuity of the certification.
ISO14001 environmental management
system
1. Our ISO 14001 environmental management system services
Our qualified and experienced Environmental Consultants specialise in developing ISO 14001
environmental management systems for industry and service sectors.
ISO 14001 environmental management systems can be developed in as little as 5 days and when
organisations have the need they can become ISO 14001 certified within 7 to 10 days*.
Additionally when implemented correctly our systems are so effective they can be certified
without a single non-conformance or the need for additional surveillance audits by the
Accredited Certification Body**.
Every ISO 14001 environmental management system we develop will:

4. Be easy to understand and implement while meeting the full requirements of the standard;
Include all forms, manuals and procedures for its successful implementation and management
Include a comprehensive review of environmental risks using our own tools and extensive
experience;
Include objectives, targets and programs so that organisations can commence improving
environmental performance;
Include plain English explanations of applicable environmental legal requirements and build
requirements into documentation so organisations can self-manage compliance;
Be developed with clear instructions for implementation and ongoing management;
Include training to key personnel with the option of additional training throughout the
organisation; and
Include complimentary advice during the implementation stage via email or telephone.
* Our experience has demonstrated ISO 14001 certification is achievable within a 7 to 10
business day time frame even with multiple sites when: the client has the time available to
complete all actions as instructed by our Environmental Consultants; and, it has been determined
as achievable by our Environmental Consultants.
** Often when a system is first certified the Accredited Certification Body finds several non-
conformances or even conditions for certification. Consequently they require additional follow-
up audits approximately in 1, 3 or 6 months time. Not only are organisations spending more time
being audited they are often charged up to $2,000 per day for the Accredited Certification Body
to audit them. However, experience has shown that when a system we develop is implemented
correctly (as per our easy to follow instructions) the system can be certified without fault and
surveillance audits can then commence annually.

5. 2. ISO 14001 environmental management system benefits
By developing an environmental management system organisations identify environmental risks
and manage these risks accordingly. There are many ways that organisations benefit such as:
Promoting a positive environmental image with customers, and increasing demand for products
and services;
Lowering business costs through reduced resource consumption and waste production;
Improving environmental performance;
Achieving environmental commitments and environmental policy requirements;
Meeting environmental legal requirements;
Committing to social responsibilities; and
Retaining environmental knowledge.
ISO 14001 environmental management systems are the most recognised systems. By choosing
ISO 14001 organisations can be easily recognised for their environmental management efforts.
3. ISO 14001 environmental management system overview
ISO 14001 Environmental management systems - Requirements with guidance for use is an
internationally recognised standard for the development of an effective environmental

6. management system. The standard was developed in Amsterdam by the International
Organization for Standardization (ISO) in 1996.
The ISO 14001 environmental management system standard specifies a process for the control
and the continuous improvement of an organisation’s environmental performance. The standard
develops a strategic approach to an organisation's environmental policy, plans and actions. The
standard does not specify environmental performance criteria but simply how to develop an
environmental management system.
There are 17 elements of ISO 14001 environmental management system standard. They are as
follows:
An environmental policy supported by senior management;
The identification of environmental aspects and impacts, and the identification of significant
environmental impacts that the organisation may cause;
Identification of legal and other requirements;
The development of objectives and targets, and their environmental management programs;
Defined resources, roles, responsibilities and authorities for environmental management;
The development of competence, training and awareness procedures;
A communication process of the environmental management system to all stakeholders and
interested parties;
The development of environmental management system documentation as required by the
standard;

7. The development of document control procedures;
The development of operational control procedures;
The development of emergency preparedness and response procedures;
The development of procedures for monitoring and measuring of operations that can have
significant impact on the environment;
An evaluation of compliance procedure;
Procedures developed for the management of nonconformance, corrective and preventative
actions;
The development of a records management procedure;
A program for completing internal ISO 14001 audits; and
The development of procedures for management review by senior management.
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